Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office had said earlier there were last-minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause 15 months of war.
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The publisher of a prominent blog about the Supreme Court was indicted Thursday in a multimillion-dollar scheme to evade federal income taxes and use money from his law firm to cover gambling debts from high-stakes poker games.
The president-elect has reportedly tasked a New Jersey congressman with drafting an executive order to halt offshore wind development. Just how damaging it could be for plans off the Maryland coast remains to be seen.
The caucus already flagged one component of Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal — unveiled the day before — that gives them pause: freezing the amount of money going to community schools that serve high-need neighborhoods.
The 15-month-long war has brought anguish to Jewish and Palestinian families across Baltimore, and a haunting public memorial has forced the area to confront the faraway conflict.
President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.
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A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”